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- Automobile
OMCs plan mega EV charging infra push at pumps
New Delhi: Oil marketing companies, IndianOil and BPCL, have planned to give a mega push to set-up e-vehicle charging infrastructure at existing fuel pumps. Both the OMCs have bet big on EVs…
- Sports
IPL 2021: Ruturaj Gaikwad becomes youngest Orange Cup holder in league’s history
Dubai: Continuing his red-hot form, Chennai Super Kings opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on Friday became the youngest player in the history of the Indian Premier League to win the Orange Cup during the…
- Business
Lower oil prices, global cues lift equity indices; Sensex up over 500 points
Mumbai: India’s key equity indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — made healthy gains during Thursday’s morning trade session. Sector wise, Realty, Automobiles and Consumer Durables indices gained the most.…
- World
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti; at least 304 killed
Port-Au-Prince: A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, killing at least 304 people and injuring at least 1,800 others as buildings tumbled into rubble. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said…
- Business
Asian stocks mixed with eye on economic releases
Singapore: Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of more regional economic releases that could hint at how the delta variant is affecting growth. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.1 per cent to…
- Middle East
Israel says it downed a Hezbollah drone that crossed border
Tel Aviv: Israel downed an unarmed Hezbollah drone that crossed the border from Lebanon, the army said Thursday. In a statement, the army said it downed the drone after it crossed the…
- Top Stories
Taliban take Afghanistan’s third-largest city in onslaught
Kabul: The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, further squeezing the country’s embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission…
- Middle East
Israel to approve new constructions in West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s new government is set to grant its first major approval of West Bank settlement construction, but will also include a rare authorization of construction for Palestinian areas as well in…
- World
Kremlin critic Navalny slapped with new criminal charges
Moscow: Russian authorities have levied new criminal charges against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, part of a government crackdown on the corruption fighter and his beleaguered team ahead of Russia’s upcoming parliamentary…
- World
US to review 9/11 records with eye toward making more public
Washington: The Justice Department said Monday that it would work toward providing families of 9/11 victims with more information about the run-up to the attacks as part of a federal lawsuit that…
- Sports
Messi agrees deal to join Paris Saint-Germain
Paris: Lionel Messi is traveling to France after agreeing to join Paris Saint-Germain, a person with knowledge of the negotiations has told The Associated Press, paving the way for one of the…
- Sports
Lionel Messi tears up on leaving Barcelona after a historic career
Madrid: Struggling to control his emotions, Lionel Messi said Sunday in his farewell to Barcelona that he wasn’t prepared to leave the club. Messi began crying even before he started speaking at…
- World
US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day
Fort Lauderdale: The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant…
- World
Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy
Beijing: The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a less…
- Middle East
Israeli defense minister threatens Iran with military action
Tel Aviv: Israel’s defense minister warned Thursday that his country is prepared to strike Iran, issuing the threat against the Islamic Republic after a fatal drone strike on a oil tanker at…
